empathetically

Also em·path·i·cal·ly

[em-puh-thet-ik-lee]

adverb

1. in a way that seeks to enter into or psychologically identify with the emotions, thoughts, or attitudes of others.

   Physicians and other healthcare providers must be taught to listen carefully and empathetically to patients.

Other Word Forms

• nonempathically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of empathetically¹

empathetic ( def. ) + -ally

Example Sentences

Given opportunities, though, Daniel can be as imperious and underhanded as any less empathetically drawn showbiz stereotype.

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Parker was often abrasive, but Crowther considers Parker empathetically, as a sui generis who resisted becoming a cog in the filmmaking machinery.

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A willingness to engage at once empathetically and skeptically with a wide variety of people and perspectives.

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Each is stellar in radically different ways but ultimately the same one: They comically and empathetically imbue their characters with humanity.

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Among them are nuns in the U.S. who have ministered empathetically to LGBTQ+ Catholics, and took note when the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence made news last month.

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